What to make of the Japanese market
By: Ashley Kindergan From The Financialist What’s next for Japanese corporate earnings? Well, that depends. Consider the April-to-June Japanese earnings season, which can be considered a pleasant surprise or a bleak portend based on which numbers you choose to accentuate….
Best computer prog. Countries
These are the 10 best countries for computer programming — and the US didn’t make the list By Lori Janjigian From Business Insider This week HackerRank published a study showing which countries have the best developers. HackerRank is a free…
A world first? New guidance issued for listed companies conducting internal investigations
By Akihisa Shiozaki & Peter Coney Contributed by Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu From ILO Introduction The release of the Panama Papers was the latest major incident to shine a global light on corporate malfeasance. Japan has also experienced its share…
US Air Force at night
These photos of the Air Force at night are breathtaking By Jeremy Bender From Business Insider The US Air Force has 39 distinct types of aircraft, not counting individual variants within each of those airframes. This range of planes allow…
Gadget of the week
Laser-cooked bacon is a delicious techno-culinary masterpiece By Andrew Tarantola From engadget There’s no wrong way to cook bacon — even if you don’t cook it at all. Kentaro Fukushi, a Mathematical Science professor in Tokyo, Japan recently proved as…
Chinese woman ‘survives 38 hours in sea’ after falling from cruise
From BBC A Chinese woman who fell off a cruise ship and drifted at sea for 38 hours before being rescued by fishermen has lived to tell the tale. The woman from Shanghai, known only by her surname Fan, leaned…
China has a huge elephant in the room that needs addressing
By Marc Chandler, Marc to Market From Business Insider Americans have a saying about an 800-pound gorilla in a room. It refers to a person or organization so powerful that it can act unilaterally. The British have an expression about…
ESMA backs Guernsey for AIFMD passport
From Offshore Bankers Guernsey has been recommended for a ‘third country’ passport under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive by the European Securities and Markets Authority. The independent EU regulatory authority has assessed Guernsey, alongside 11 other non-EU jurisdictions, as…
Caribbean, beware the South China Sea disputes
From Jamaica Observer The Caribbean had better keep a close watch on the continuing disputes in the South China Sea between China and other Asian countries, notably Japan. China has claimed sovereignty over various small sand banks in the area…
Next up for central banks: infrastructure investments?
By Alice Gomstyn From The Financialist Published: July 7, 2016 In the years following the global financial crisis, the world’s leading economies have found relief through aggressive monetary policy. But with interest rates slashed to historic lows and central bank…
